| Helpless!
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| Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit
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| I’m helpless!
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| Down for the count, and I’m drownin' in 'em
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| I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
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| We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
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| Laughin' at my sister as she’s dazzling the room
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| Then you walked in and my heart went «Boom!»
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| Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
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| Everybody’s dancin' and the band’s top volume
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| Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
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| Grab my sister and whisper, «Yo, this one’s mine"(Ooh)
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| My sister made her way across the room to you (Ooh)
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| And I got nervous, thinking, «What's she gonna do?"(Ooh)
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| She grabs you by the arm, I’m thinkin' «I'm through"(Ooh)
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| Then you look back at me, and suddenly I’m…
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| Helpless!
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| Oh, look at those eyes (Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit)
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| Oh! |
| Yeah, I’m helpless, I know
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| (Down for the count and I’m drownin' in 'em)
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| (I'm helpless!)
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| I’m so into you, I am so into you
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| (Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit)
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| (I'm helpless!)
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| I know I’m down for the count and I’m drownin' in 'em
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| Where are you taking me?
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| I’m about to change your life
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| Then by all means, lead the way
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| Elizabeth Schuyler
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| It’s a pleasure to meet you
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| Schuyler?
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| My sister
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| Thank you for all your service
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| If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it
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| I’ll leave you to it
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| One week later
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| I’m writin' a letter nightly
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| Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
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| Laughin' at my sister, 'cause she wants to form a harem
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| I’m just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him
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| Ha!
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| Two weeks later in the living room stressin' (stressin')
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| My father’s stone-faced while you’re asking for his blessin' (blessin')
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| I’m dying inside, as you wine and dine
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| And I’m tryin' not to cry 'cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do (Ooh)
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| My father makes his way across the room to you (Ooh)
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| I panic for a second, thinking, «We're through"(Ooh)
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| But then he shakes your hand and says, «Be true"(Ooh)
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| And you turn back to me smiling, and I’m…
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| (Hey!)
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| Helpless!
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| (Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit)
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| I’m helpless, hoo
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| (Down for the count and I’m drownin' in 'em I’m helpless!)
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| Yes mommy, that boy is mine
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| (Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit)
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| (I'm helpless!)
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| Helpless!
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| Down for the count and I’m drownin' in 'em
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| Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name
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| An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
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| All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain
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| A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
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| Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
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| Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
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| No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
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| We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out
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| I’ve been livin' without a family since I was a child
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| My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
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| But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real
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| And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God
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| You’ll never feel so…
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| (I do I do I do I do!) Eliza…
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| (I do I do I do I do!) I’ve never felt so
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| (Hey, yeah, yeah!)
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| (Down for the count and I’m)
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| My life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza’s in it
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| (I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit)
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| (I'm)
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| In New York you can be a new man
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| In New York you can be a new man
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| In New York you can be a new man
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| Helpless |